SSM Pain Care offers educational seminar on back pain treatments

Lower back pain is a
common concern affecting up to 90 percent of Americans at some point in their
lifetime – and up to 50 percent will have more than one episode. It is second
only to the common cold as a cause of lost days at work.

Lower back pain is
not a specific disease, rather it is a symptom that may occur from a variety of
different causes. Lower back pain is frequently associated with overuse or
injury to the muscles or ligaments that support the spine. Herniated or
ruptured discs in the spine, osteoarthritis or joint degeneration, and
fractures of the vertebrae from trauma can place pressure on nerve roots and
cause chronic pain.

Anyone suffering from
chronic lower back pain is invited to a special presentation by Dr. Sean
Stoneking, an interventional pain specialist with SSM Pain Care at St. Joseph
Hospital West. “Treatments for Relieving Back Pain” will be held from 6 to 7:30
p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, at St. Joseph Hospital West in the H.W. Koenig
Medical Building, 400 Medical Plaza, Lake Saint Louis.

Dr. Stoneking will
address the causes of lower back pain and the full range of advanced treatments
now available to successfully manage and relieve pain, including:

·        
Medications

·        
Injection
therapies

·        
Spinal
cord stimulation

·        
Implantable
pain pumps

·        
Kyphoplasty
and Vertebroplasty for vertebral compression fractures

The free program
includes a light dinner. Space is limited and reservations are required. Call
1-866-SSM-DOCS (1-866-776-3627) to register.